The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Government attacks on lawyers degrading, say former Tory law officers [The Guardian]
Hong Kong’s corporate lawyers test boundaries as Beijing’s influence grows [Financial Times] (£)
Lefty lawyers, ‘enemies of the people’: how upholding the law is a crime in some eyes [The Observer]
Lincoln’s Inn bans grace before meal times to be more inclusive [The Telegraph] (£)
Barrister sparks debate after urging pregnant women to give babies their surname [Express]
Lincoln’s Inn has fallen for the latest fad [The Spectator] (£)
Law student shared child sex abuse images on Kik [Oxford Mail]
Tories refuse to disclose cost of failed Covid legal fight over Boris Johnson’s WhatsApps [Mirror]
Judge slams Defence over death of Royal Marine Benjamin McQueen during diver training [The Telegraph] (£)
California judge charged with murder in wife’s killing [CNN]
Caselaw classic [X]
Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Company [1892] EWCA Civ 1 ⬇️⬇️⬇️ https://t.co/3xIP7DboTz
— David Wolfson (@DXW_KC) August 11, 2023
“Find me a law firm that hasn’t hired a partner’s kid or other close relation… I’ll wait…” [Legal Cheek comments]
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